Ashley Graham rolled her eyes when Cheryl Tiegs said her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover looked “unhealthy.”
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“Cheryl Tiegs may have said what she said and it may have hurt a lot of people’s feelings,” Graham said during a recent interview. “But my skin is so thick. I kind of rolled my eyes, I was like, ‘Oh whatever, another one of these ladies.'” (RELATED: The First Plus Size Model Just Made The Cover Of SI Swimsuit: ‘This Is Epic’)“
“What’s great is that — the fact that she said it — it means that other women think like her. And what that means is that we really need to change the industry,” Graham continued.
“There’s too many people thinking they can look at a girl my size and say that we are unhealthy. You can’t, only my doctor can!”
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Tiegs criticized Graham’s cover because she thought the size 16 model looked “unhealthy.” (RELATED: Famous Supermodel Criticizes Plus Size Swimsuit Cover: ‘It’s Unhealthy’)
“I don’t like that we’re talking about full-figured women because it’s glamorizing them because your waist should be smaller than 35 [inches],” Tiegs said. “That’s what Dr. Oz said, and I’m sticking to it.”
“I don’t think it’s healthy. Her face is beautiful — beautiful — but I don’t think it’s healthy in the long.”